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Lindsey Rivait is a freelance writer and editor from Windsor, ON with over a decade of experience in the writing, editing, and publishing fields. She specializes in arts and business writing, grant writing, newsletters and mailing lists, press releases, press kits, and more. When she isn't busy with all that, she's plugging away at her first novel.

Her work has appeared in Windsor Business, The Lance, Our Homes Windsor & Essex County, Word on Windsor, In Business, The LaSalle Post, WAMM, Nails HQ Magazine, Zap Fort Myer’s Source Magazine, ROOM Magazine, The Executive Magazine, Generation Magazine, Windsor Salt, Quills, The Antigonish Review, and in poetry anthologies from The Canadian Authors Association Niagara Branch, Polar Express Publishing, Cranberry Tree Press, and Black Moss Press. Her work for the Lance has been reprinted in dozens of newspapers across Canada as well as included in the Gale/Cengage Learning Database "INFOTRAC" in Dallas, TX.

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One of the major issues in the publishing/literary world that I find most fascinating is the argument for and against e-readers. For those of you that have been reading my blog for a while, you know that I work best when I can get my hands dirty and go through paper copies of my writing […]

Below is an interview with the Giller short-listed author Alexander MacLeod. I interviewed MacLeod while he was on the road promoting his book Light Lifting, and he was super friendly to talk to even though he was insanely busy and I’m sure very tired! If you haven’t picked up Light Lifting, make sure you do […]

Usually I wouldn’t review a cookbook, but Nadia G is pretty awesome. In terms of cooking, she is pure rock ‘n’ roll. She was also incredibly friendly to speak with. Here’s a review of her cookbook from 2009. Nadia Giosia hopes to bring a little bit of rock ‘n’ roll to the otherwise bland world […]

This is a great interview I did with Frank Warren of PostSecret. I’ve been a loyal follower for years and speaking with him was a very nice experience. He’s very passionate about what he does and also very friendly and open. I also think his work for suicide prevention is inspiring. Check out the interview […]

Well, here’s another one from the vaults! The end of the article mentions a book launch. Obviously you can’t go to it anymore, unless you’re a time traveller, but let me assure you that it was awesome. I sat on the floor because there were so many people there to listen to Marty Gervais read. […]

I was going through my old blog posts doing some maintenance, when I noticed that I hadn’t posted a few reviews/interviews I did for the Lance over the last couple years. Shame on me! Here’s an older interview with Sara Gruen, focusing on National Novel Writing Month. Keep in mind that this was before Water […]

Scott Thompson’s phone isn’t cooperating as well as it should as he speaks with me from Los Angeles. He always opts for cheap phones when he’s down there. “I get one of those drug dealer phones that are disposable, but I’m always having people call me constantly,” Thompson explained. “It’s kind of a scam. You […]